Treatment Developments and discoveries, Her2+ Treatments, Brain Metastases

18th issue: Contents

• Sharp Increase in Cancer Incidence and Mortality From 2020–2040
• Synthetic chemical in consumer products linked to early death

Cancer & Chemo

• ARG-BC Score Excellent Predictive Tool for chemotherapy toxicity
• Chemo Brain Less Likely in Women Who Exercise

Cancer & Covid

• ‘The Next Wave’ in Cancer Vaccines
• Do Some Cancer Drugs Protect Against COVID-19?
• Long COVID Appears to ‘Impair’ Survival in Cancer Patients

HER2+ Breast Cancer

• ‘Astonishing’ PFS Improvement in Metastatic HER+ Breast Cancer
• Treatment of HER2+ Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases
• Updates From ASCO 2021 for HER2+ Breast Cancer
• HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Diet
• Product Profile of Margetuximab for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

• Sharp Increase in Cancer Incidence and Mortality From 2020–2040

“A new analysis… suggests that cancer incidence will rise by 21% between 2020 and 2040…Cancer mortality is expected to increase by 32% over the same period.”

My two cents: There are a few disclaimers on assumptions but it is an interesting read…